Comedy ·Crime · Italy · 1971 · 1h 49m

Million Dollar Eel

Un'anguilla da 300 milioni

Million Dollar Eel poster
Director
Salvatore Samperi
Cast
Ottavia Piccolo as Margherita 'Tina' Tellini Lino Toffolo as Giovanni Boscolo 'Bissa' Rodolfo Baldini as Lino Mario Adorf as Nane Mora - the Guardiapesca Senta Berger as Countess Spodani Gabriele Ferzetti as Vasco
Crew
Franco Di Giacomo — Director of Photography Franco Arcalli — Editor Fiorenzo Carpi — Original Music Composer Aldo Lado — Writer Salvatore Samperi — Writer Aldo Lado — Story
Synopsis

An heiress (Piccolo) fakes her own kidnapping in order to get money from her parents and hides in the river Po's delta among eel fisherman and is helped by a small time smuggler (Toffolo).

Mood & Themes
smuggling (contraband)kidnappingheiress
Key Collaborators
Salvatore Samperi Director Franco Di Giacomo Director of Photography Franco Arcalli Editor Fiorenzo Carpi Original Music Composer Aldo Lado Writer Salvatore Samperi Writer Aldo Lado Story Oreste Coltellacci Producer Luciano Spadoni Costume Design
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